Sex: Women 'just as easily hooked on online porn as men'

German sex study showed heavy use of pornography could make some women
“hypersexual” - a personality disorder that involves spending excessive time
engaged in sexual fantasies

In the new study, researchers looked at sex addiction among heterosexual women who regularly used internet pornographyPhoto: Alamy

By Keith Perry

4:47PM BST 06 Aug 2014

Women are just as susceptible to becoming addicted to online pornography as men, according to new research.

People who regularly surf pornographic websites are as much at risk of developing cybersex addiction as the gender to which it's traditionally aimed.

Previous research had suggested as many as 17 per cent of women describe themselves as "addicted" to online porn.

Another German study showed heavy use of pornography could make some women “hypersexual” - a personality disorder that involves spending excessive time engaged in sexual fantasies and urges or in planning for and engaging in sexual behaviour.

Scientists discovered that behavioural patterns in hypersexual women resembled those previously observed in men with the same problem including pornography dependence, excessive masturbation and promiscuity.